In 2007 two prominent SAP specialists, Sven Grasse and Michael Fuhrmann, joined forces to found GF-Partners, a consultancy specialising in SAP BI & retail solutions.
Internationally active we apply our specialist expertise and constant passion in developing bespoke SAP BI & retail solutions for our customers.
In close cooperation with them and with the SAP SE development centre, we design and emplace trail-blazing implementations, efficient end-to-end solutions and complete SAP BI & retail strategies, and in this way achieve long-term sustainability.
Our motto is: “No such thing as ‘no can do’!” You’ll see that our benchmarks speak for themselves!
For this I vouche with my name.
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Our Partners
GF-Partners is a “preferred supplier” of SAP in the area of Business Intelligence & Retail.
Additionally is GF-Partners part of the german SAP user group DSAG.
Services
The constantly growing range of offers from service providers and software solutions in the SAP BI area is increasingly difficult for companies to follow due to the complexity of the market. Complex corporate working processes and associated requirements will become even more extensive in the future. It is easy to lose sight of the big picture.
Developments in the SAP BI area that focus on tool sets in particular are becoming increasingly important in implementing all SAP BI tools and options across platforms to boost results. Based on this, it is even more essential that we know today what tomorrow will bring. We have learned this through experience as a long-standing partner to the SAP BI development department. Only those who understand business in the present will be able to master the demands of the future.
Our individual SAP BI solutions will help you better understand your company and pinpoint its complex structures, and will actively prepare you for the difficult decisions ahead. We will help you take advantage of and expand on SAP BI in all its far-reaching aspects. We will support you over the long term in making the right decisions and, above all, in getting the results you want. We clear the way for an optimised SAP BI solution for our clients and have the right answer for your questions.
GF-Partners grows continuosly and has currently 2 offices in Switzerland and Germany. You want to be part of the team? Here you can get to our job offerings
References
GF-Partners has worked together successfully with many international companies. We are used to high demands and challenging requirements. Our references speak for themselves:
We are very happy to announce that Tchibo is using XpertNow – the solution for optimised technical support and seamless process integration
XpertNow made it easy for the Tchibo business to report problems accurately, streamlining the issue-reporting process significantly.
Business is excited using XpertNow and so is IT as it provides them the basis to solve issues much faster.
XpertNow transforms IT operations, making them more efficient and user-friendly.
We are very happy to have another customer using our groundbreaking IT support solution.
Marc O'Polo recognizes in a public press release the accomplishments of the GF-Partners Merchandise Financial Planning solution on the platform SAP CAR. Please click on "Press-Release".
Holy Fashion Group is on a journey to transform its IT- and Business-Processes. We are proud to announce that Holy Fashion Group has made the decision to make GF-Partners its prime partner in the area of "Plan2Order". Link to the official announcement can be seen. Click on "View article".
WE ARE LIVE! Marc O'Polo is Live with Merchandise Financial Planning by GF-Partners. Link to the official announcement, please click on "View article".
Tchibo selects the engineered Service of GF-Partners for Assortment Planning after carefully understanding the benefits it delivers. We are very proud to deliver a service that will help Tchibo to reach their goals even faster!
GF-Partners together with Tchibo will be implementing a complete new Non-Food Assortment Planning. The solution will be based on the SAP platform and will set a new benchmark for the retail industry as well as the digitalization of processes.
After a successful implementation of a P&L and Cash-Flow Planning solution, GF-Partners is now also active in an implementation for Product Costing.
GF-Partners and Lanxess work together in the area of SAP Business Intelligence. With the focus on high quality and complex implementations, GF-Partners was able to meet the highest expectations and exceed them. This includes all Front-End as well as Back-End topics, because only then we can provide the competitive advantage to our customers, that is needed in order to continuously be successful.
GF-Partners is responsible for the successful implementation of an SAP CAR Merchandise Planning project. Including all kinds of non-SAP & SAP source-systems.The team of GF-Partners and Tom Tailor experts makes use of the latest concepts and the most up-to-date technological developments. This implementation will set new standards for the retailing of Tom Tailor, but also for the whole retail industry!Would you like to get additional information, please contact us at: info@gf-partners.com
Development and implementation of data-models in IBM Cognos TM1 in order to support planning and reporting processes. The front-end interaction for the end-users was done in MS Excel with integrated forms and reports.
GF-Partners concentrated on the implementation of BPC at Bosch. This was a big challenge, but due to the strong expertise also in this area, GF-Partners was able to succeed here once again. This project acts as one the reference projects in the area of BPC together with SAP.
GF-Partners was evaluating the current MAP solution at Clarks. A transparent and strong review with the direct aim of implementing improvements lead to a challenging project.The long term experience was very well appreciated and respected. The improvement proposals as well as the first implementations especially in the context of "best preactice" implementations, could completely convince Clarks.
GF-Partners works closely together with ECCO in the area of Merchandise & Assortment Planning (MAP). The first version is launchned successfully and was in use by the end-users world-wide in order to fill their stores with the respective articles. The planning application covers a wide range from budget planning to assortment planning.The intuitive usability, the high performance and flexibility were reasons that could convince the users. This is being stressed by a joined attendance at the SAPSA Impuls conference in Stockholm with the topic "Integrated Planning". Have a look at our Events section to get som impressions.
Gf-Partners had been engaged by Ericsson in the role of a "Trusted Advisor". Gf-Partners has reviewed the existing implementation and not only fine tuned, but extended the current solution in order to be enhanced for user-experience, performance and functionality.Gf-Partners looks forward to a new phase of development with Ericson and help realize their new requirements.
In cooperation with the SAP BI Integrated Planning product management team, GF-Partners implemented a rolling forecasting planning solution for a leading food company based on SAP NetWeaver 7.X.The highly complex requirements, and the need for a very dynamic planning model, resulted in the selection of BI Integrated Planning as the planning tool of choice.The Excel user-interface and the functionalities provided by SAP software were judged to be the most appropriate combination to meet the expectations of the end-users. GF-Partners lead the design approach as well the execution. The cooperation with SAP lead to a very flexible and easy to use application for the end-users.
A long established cooperation lead to a "Trusted Advisor" role for GF-Partners at Alcan. We fulfill our role by performing reviews, conceptual approaches and optimizations of existing applications. This role needs a high trust level and strong Know-How skills, which we are able to demonstrate over and over again.
Thanks to our acknowledged experience and high know-how skills are we mostly active at Straumann for special topics like optimizations of existing applications and solutions. Additionally are we performing reviews and showing new concepts in order to continously provide a stable and sustainable system. Those concept approaches and advises based on our reviews are mostly also executed by us as the quick-wins are highly appreciated.
GF-Partners develops a Merchandise Financial and WSSI (Weekly Sales, Stock and Intake) solution for Triumph. Thanks to our strong competences in the process as well as technical implementation area, Triumph wanted us to realize this solution.
“GF-Partners supported Triumph in a very skilled and professional way to define our future Merchandise Planning process and solution requirements. With their profound technical expertise they were efficiently able to build and test the designed solution in BW-IP together with our internal experts and support the pilot country go-live. We are looking forward to the global roll-out now .”Andreas SalzerGlobal Business Partner –Supply Chain & Planning
A close collaboration with Daimler as a direct supplier forms the daily work. The upcoming challenges are being solved with a strong team spirit as well as a highly recognised expertise and love for details in our implementations. This way we are able to not only convince the Daimler IT department but as well the business divisions.
GF-Partners is active in the retail as well as in the wholesales area of Esprit. A strong and long-term partnership is crucial for a trustful cooperation and shows once again, that the expertise of GF-Partners and the close relationship to SAP are highly recognized.
GF-Partners implemented a complete Merchandise Planning and WSSI (Weekly Sales Stock and Intake) application based on SAP Planning for Retail. The next step will be a complete Assortment Planning application which will be supported by the Merchandise and WSSI implementation.
HEMA itself is an international retail organisation with stores in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France and Germany. Customer-friendly and with a unique profile, HEMA distinguishes itself from other retailers by selling its own brand. In addition, HEMA develops its own assortment and likes to surprise customers with timely offers of products for daily use. HEMA products are typically convenient, practical and attractive and of good quality.HEMA is a centrally managed company. It consists of the Headquarters, the Bakery, the Distribution Centre and Sales. In total HEMA has approximately 10,000 employees.
With the WSSI in SAP Planning for Retail we implemented together with GF Partners, we have been able to control our stock levels and intakes in the Fashion division, resulting in higher sell through rates and lower end of season stocks. By automating the loading of data and setting up a standard process, our planners now can spend their time on creating right plans on weekly basis, instead of spending time on loading data and setting up queries.Jan Daan van Erven Dorens Manager Integrated Merchandise Planning
Assortment Planning implementation with a team of SAP and GF-Partners consultants
GF-Partners implements a Forecast Solution for Siemens Energy in Berlin. Based on the high competence and know-how GF-Partners has to offer Siemens Energy decided to implement a Forecast Solution based on SAP Integrated Planning with GF-Partners.
GF-Partners has developed a special relationship with SAP product development and our mutual aim is to "bring the best results to the customer!"SAP has made use of GF-Partners skills in the areas of consulting, education, pre-sales, support and product development.We believe we have demonstrated to SAP, and our customers, that we can achieve considerable benefits from this collaboration.
GF-Partners experience and expertise with SAP BI in our Retail and CPG customers makes them an ideal partner for the implementation of SAP BI planning and reporting in these sectors.Stephen HenlyBusiness Development ManagerRetail Merchandise Planning and Assortment Solutions SAP EMEA & IndiaGF-Partners ist mit seinen auf sehr hohem Level ausgebildeten Mitarbeitern und mit deren guten Kontakten zu der SAP Beratung und Standardentwicklung für jedes Projekt eine Bereicherung. Die proaktive und vorausschauende Herangehensweise an Problemstellungen ist stets zielführend und außerordentlich ergiebig. Somit kann ich die Zusammenarbeit sowohl als direkten Partner als auch in Kooperation mit der SAP Beratung unbedingt weiterempfehlen.Thomas SchwabSolution ArchitectArea Manufacturing, SAP Deutschland SE & Co. KG
Our technical capability and flexibility when implementing very complex requirements convinced Roche to engage GF-Partners as a solution provider.GF-Partners developed enhancements to SAP standard in the web environment. GF-Partners also introduced new innovation to the Excel front-end which helped improve the acceptance of the implementation for the end-users.Sustainability a crucial factor in order to get the best results in the future. gf-partners role of a "trusted advisor" results in reliability, sustainability and especially trust in a strong partnership for Roche.
GF-Partners is to us a reliable and flexible business partner. With their highly professionell consultants and their close relationship to SAP, we were able to to successfully implement many projects over the years. We recommend the collaboration with GF-Partners as a direct business partner!Annette KarthHead, Global SAP BI Competence Center
gf-partners implemented a weekly rolling forecast planning model for all business areas of Volvo AB. The planning model simplified the execution of the end-to-end forecasting process by seamlessly integrated with Volvo's consolidation system.The appealing web based front-end and the easy-to-use layouts resulted in a fast acceptance of this tool by the end-users. The "end user experience" was critical to the success of the project.Additional planning functionalities developed by gf-partners demonstrated to Volvo our expert BI skills and imaginative design approach.
JOBS AT GF-PARTNERS
GF-Partners is looking for SAP BI and Senior SAP BI Consultants.
If you are looking for a real challenge, to work in a team of experts and would like to expand your expertise faster than the market average, then we are the right address. Besides higher than market average payment, you have the chance to have an impact on the development of the company and its growth.
We are very happy to announce that Tchibo is using XpertNow – the solution for optimised technical support and seamless process integration XpertNow made it easy for the Tchibo business to report problems accurately, streamlining the issue-reporting process significantly. Business is excited using XpertNow and so is IT as it provides them the basis to […] View Article
05. Dec 2023
Marc O’Polo makes official press release statement
Marc O’Polo recognizes in a public press release the accomplishments of the GF-Partners Merchandise Financial Planning solution on the platform SAP CAR. Please click on “Press-Release“. Marc O’Polo Press-Release More News will be released soon! View Article
07. Mar 2023
Holy Fashion Group decides to go for GF-Partners
Holy Fashion Group is on a journey to transform its IT- and Business-Processes. We are proud to announce that Holy Fashion Group has made the decision to make GF-Partners its prime partner in the area of “Plan2Order”. Link to the official announcement can be seen. Click on “View article“. LinkedIn – Post View Article
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